Analects 5.23
The Analects (論語), BOOK V. KUNG-YE CH'ANG 公冶長第五
子曰、孰謂微生高直、或乞醯焉、乞諸鄰而與之。
The Master said, "Who says of Wei-shang Kao that he is upright? One begged some vinegar of him, and he begged it of a neighbor and gave it to the man."
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 孰shúwho? which? what? which one?
- 謂wèito call, to say, to tell; name, title; m
- 微wēismall, tiny, trifling; micro-
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
- 高gāotall, lofty; high, elevated
- 直zhístraight, vertical; candid, direct, fran
- 或huòor, either, else; maybe, perhaps, possib
- 乞qǐto beg; to request
- 醯xīvinegar, acid; to pickle
- 焉yānwhy? where? how?; strange; thereupon, th
- 諸zhūall, many, various; surname
- 鄰línneighbor; neighborhood
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 與yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
Passages with shared wording
- Analects 14.34
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 36
- Analects 3.15
- Mencius 5A.2
- Mencius 2B.8
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
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